Does the evidence against these 44 slaves really stack up?
A tragic Christmas mystery remains unsolved more than 60 years after the disappearance of five young siblings
After Teddy Roosevelt's act of sportsmanship in 1902 was made legendary by a political cartoonist, his name was forever affixed to an American classic
Turks and Caicos had one of the world's first, and largest, salt industries
The Great Pacificator was adept at getting congressmen to reach agreements over slavery. But he was less accommodating when one of his own slaves sued him
A working-class Londoner operated the most exclusive gambling club the world has ever seen
Without benefit of medical training, Madame Restell spent 40 years as a "female physician"
The rambunctious boy had free rein of the White House, and used it to divert a holiday bird from the butcher's block
Early filmmakers faced a dilemma: how to capture the drama of war without getting themselves killed in the process. Their solution: fake the footage
How an apparent misunderstanding led to a brawl that turned into a donnybrook that became a legend
Held captive far longer than his surrender agreement called for, the Apache warrior made his case directly to the president
In 1914, the Mexican rebel signed a contract with an American newsreel company that required him to fight for the cameras. Too good to be true? Not entirely
Their seances with the departed launched a mass religious movement—and then one of them confessed that "it was common delusion"
In the fall of 1975 President Gerald Ford survived two assassination attempts and a car accident. Then his life got really complicated
Blanchard was said to be afraid of riding in a carriage, but she became one of the great promoters of human flight
When Upton Sinclair ran for governor of California in 1934, new media were marshaled to beat him
The true story behind the myth of Mrs. O'Leary and her cow
Did ancient priests fool visitors to a sulfurous subterranean stream that they had crossed the River Styx and entered Hades?
Mao Zedong encouraged critics of his government—and then betrayed them just when their advice might have prevented a calamity
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